i knew coming from a local state like south dakota, three electoral votes, i had to out work in order to win at that election. i announced in early 1971. it was regarded as a kind of crazy thing to do. the press paid no attention to me for the first eight or nine months because always in the past candidates had announced in the election the year. but it enabled me to organize grass-roots organizations all across this country. just to do it very quietly, not much press attention. i remember working in the state of california long before any other presidential candidate had even visited california. i must have 1000 coffee parties in that many different living rooms across the great state of california. long before anybody else. people began to think i made sense. by the end of 1971, i have a much better organization across the country than any of the others. that is maybe a major way in which i won that nomination. host: he passed away this morning in his home of a south dakota. guest: still significant. you think about a role that he had played, engaging for that progressive wing of th